Alexandre-Jean Dubois-Drahonet (1791-1834) "Portrait of Achille Deban de Laborde" (1817) Oil on canvas Located in the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States Painted during the Bourbon restoration, this portrait depicts the son of a fallen Napoleonic hero during a time of anti-imperialism in France. Eight-year-old Achille wears a miniature version of the embroidered Hussar uniform his father, Baron Jean-Baptiste Deban de Laborde, would have worn. His father’s military awards, notably the ceremonial sword and Légion d’honneur hanging in the upper left, surround the young boy. Achille would ultimately rise to the rank of colonel in the French cavalry.

Today's Painting

William Adolphe Bouguereau • Nymphs and Satyr • 1873 • Neoclassism • Clark Art Institute - Williamstown, Massachusetts

JOHN SINGER SARGENT • AMERICAN, 1856–1925 • FUMÉE D'AMBRE GRIS (SMOKE OF AMBERGRIS) • 1880 Clark Art Institute - Williamstown, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Edouard Manet

Moss Roses in a Vase

1882

Clark Art Institute Collection

Marguerite Gérard, The Capricious Child (detail), 1804, Napoleonic era

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Moss Roses in a Vase, Édouard Manet, 1882

Clark Art Institute Awards Bénédicte Savoy Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing

Bénédicte Savoy, an expert on the repatriation of looted objects, is the recipient of the Clark Art Institute 2024 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing.

Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy, recipient of the Clark Art Institute 2024 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. Image credit: Maurice Weiss Bénédicte Savoy, an expert on the repatriation of looted objects, is the recipient of the Clark Art Institute 2024 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. ARCENTRON NEWS WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS— The Clark Art Institute has awarded the 2024 Clark…

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Wed. Jan. 17, 2024: A Half Snow Day

image courtesy of uknowgayle via pixabay.com Wednesday, January 17, 2024 Waxing Moon Uranus Retrograde Cloudy and Cold The photo above is not one I took, but it looks very much like what things looked like around here yesterday (and even this morning). Over on Ink-Dipped Advice, I have a post about creating LOIs that get attention. You can read it here. Today, we have two serial episodes…

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Working on this 20x16 acrylic on paper. Would be neat to hear back from somebody if they see this post. Currently I was thinking no one actually see this. There's a art show on Edvard Munch the Norwegian painter. At the Clark Art Institute near Boston, going till the end of October 2023.

The New York Times: A Less Anxious Edvard Munch at the Clark Art Institute

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Marguerite Gérard (1761-1837) "La Mère nourrice" ("The Nursing Mother") (1804) Oil on canvas Rococo Located in the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States

J. M. W. Turner (British/English, 1775-1851) • Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water) • 1840 • Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Alfred Stevens • (Belgian, 1823-1906) • Woman in White • c. 1872 • Clark Art Institute - Williamstown, Massachusetts

Winslow Homer

Eastern Point

1900

Clark Art Institute Collection

some of my favs from the clark Art institute

Overall the room w impressionist paintings had INCREDIBLE lighting like better than any other museum I’ve been to was perfect combination of natural and other light

They had a great collection of Renoir paintings as well as some great Monet and Pissarro they also had my two fav Bouguereau paintings in the European pantings section

10/10 loved